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PowerShell 3.0 and later PowerShell ISE already supports collapsible code regions. When you write functions, loops, or conditions, you will notice a...

PowerShell 3.0 and later In a previous tip we explained how you can turn Out-GridView into a selection dialog, and suggested a couple of ideas. One...

PowerShell 3.0 and later By default, Out-GridView is a one-way road: you can pipe data into it and display it in a grid view window, but you cannot...

PowerShell 3.0 and later Get-Service lists all services installed on your computer. It has no parameter to select only running or stopped services,...

PowerShell 3.0 and later Out-GridView is a very useful cmdlet to output results to an extra window. Unlike outputting to the console, Out-GridView...

PowerShell 3.0 and later When you develop PowerShell scripts in the PowerShell ISE, you will probably make a lot of changes and revisions, and...

Windows 8/Windows 8.1 You may have noticed that the Windows 8 start screen by default is missing PowerShell tools like the PowerShell ISE. When you...

Windows 8.1, Server 2012 R2 Investigating Active Directory replication failures becomes easy with Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2. A new cmdlet...

All Versions PowerShell can access static methods of .NET types. Here are some real world one-liners that can do a lot for you: [Math]::Round(7.9)...

All Versions Typically, when you declare a parameter as mandatory, and the user does not submit it, PowerShell takes care and prompts the user for...

All PowerShell versions To add some sophistication to your script, here is a simple function that opens the OpenFile dialog and lets the user pick a...

All Versions When you browse the file system with Get-ChildItem, you may stumble across folders that you have no access to view. If you’d like...

ActiveDirectory Module Sometimes you may want to directly access properties related to the terminal service in an Active Directory account. Here is...

PowerShell ISE 3.0 and later While it is generally not recommended to hard code passwords in scripts, there are sometimes scenarios where this is...

PowerShell 3.0 and later In PowerShell 3.0, a new feature called “Automatic Unrolling” was introduced. With it, you can write code like this:...

All PowerShell versions To preserve all the PowerShell commands that you entered in a PowerShell session, check out this one liner:...

All PowerShell versions In a previous tip we illustrated how you can take a DELL serial number and check online the warranty status. Other vendors...

PowerShell Version 2.0 and later If you own a DELL computer, you can take advantage of a web service that takes your computer serial number and...

PowerShell 2.0 and later Anyone who needs to manage MSI installer packages may benefit from an open source project found here:...

PowerShell 3.0 and later Sometimes you will stumble across tips like the following one: $FilePath = "$env:SystemRoot\WindowsUpdate.log"...

PowerShell 4.0 and later If you know that a given script needs Administrator privileges, then a simple #requires statement is enough to make sure...

Windows 8.1 or Server 2012 R2 Both Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 come with a module called “PrintManagement”. It includes all cmdlets...

Windows 8.1 or Server 2012 R2 Both Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 come with a module called “PrintManagement”. It includes all cmdlets...

Windows 8.1 or Server 2012 R2 To update Group Policy settings on a remote machine, use Invoke-GPUpdate, and submit the name of the computer where...